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bgr_483457 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Unité

SICILY - SYRACUSE Unité XF
150.00 €(Approx. 162.00$ | 129.00£)
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 212-210 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et épais bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Tête de Zeus stylisée. Revers de style fin. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Laurent F

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Bige galopant à droite, conduit par une Niké, tenant les rênes et le kentron.
Reverse legend : [SURAKOSIWN].

Commentary


Style rude et fruste comme les exemplaires de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS n° 1073-1075).

Historical background


SICILY - SYRACUSE

(212-210 BC)

Roman occupation

After the death of Hiéron, in 215 before J. - C., his nephew succeeds to him; he was nicknamed "the little Hieron" to differentiate him from his august predecessor. The new monarch allied with Carthage and Hannibal who was then in southern Italy, in Capua. Unfortunately, he will regret this alliance; he was overthrown the following year and the Republic was restored. This gesture by the new rulers was not enough to prevent the Romans from invading Sicily and laying siege to Syracuse. Despite fierce resistance and the assistance of the war machines imagined by Archimedes, in particular the incendiary mirrors, the city falls. Marcellus, the Roman Imperator, tries in vain to save the great scientist who is assassinated by a soldier. Syracuse is given over to plunder. The Romans are masters of all of Sicily in 210 BC.

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